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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

The knee is an important joint and it bears the total weight of the body. It is the most common joint that gets worn out when people become aged. Hemophilia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and patients with gout may also need a knee replacement surgery as these diseases severely affect the joints.

It is necessary to go in for Knee Replacement Surgery when the knee joints are totally damaged. Generally, prosthesis is used as an alternate for the knee joint, depending on the cost involved and the patient’s condition. The life of the replaced knee will be about twenty years whereas the life of the artificial knee depends totally on the patient’s activity.

Partial Knee Replacement (Unicondylar): The worn out knee part is replaced. There are three compartments for a knee. Medial compartment (inside of the knee), lateral compartment (outer part of the knee) and patellofemoral compartment (front portion of the knee between the thighbone and kneecap). Even when any single compartment is worn out, this surgery is performed.

Total Knee Replacement: This joint arthroplasty is performed when all the compartments of the knee are totally affected. It is the most commonly done surgery that yields good results.

Patients who suffer from the above conditions are ideal for joint arthroplasty. A complete pre-operative evaluation will be done before the surgery especially for heart, hypertension, lung and UTI infection, and people with diabetes.

Implant selection

Numerous implants such as titanium alloys, zirconium alloys, oxonium implants, cobalt chromium alloys, and stainless steel are available for knee joint replacement surgeries. Such prosthetics are available in different designs with easier rotation to increase knee bending. Implant selection depends on the patient’s knee condition and the monetary status.

The stages involved in the knee replacement surgery are pre-operative, intraoperative, postoperative, and home care. Generally, the patients will be discharged within 7-10 days of the procedure.

The pre-operative session involves conducting thorough investigations such as blood tests, X-Ray, ECG, Echo, and Gynecological, cardiological and aesthetical interactions. Patient counseling will also be done.

Intra-operative Session: Patients will be taken to the operation stomach in an empty stomach. The surgery will last for two hours. Either epidural or general anesthesia is given to the patient based on their health conditions and the region below the waist is numbed. Quadriceps muscles are detached from the knee cap. The leg and thigh bones will be exposed by displacing the kneecap to one side. The ends of the bones are cut and the necessary cartilages and ligaments are removed. With a cementing material, the prosthesis is wedged on the bone. The stitches are made on the open wound.

Post-operative Session: The patient is provided with a knee brace and is advised to intake normal food along with the medicines prescribed by the surgeon. The blood is drained and the wound is dressed. Physiotherapy and knee bending exercises are taught to the patient. Once the patient starts to mobilize, they will be discharged.

Home Care: Caring for the wound is quite important. Physiotherapy will be given to the patient for 10 days, at home. The dressing should not be disturbed and should remain water-free. After 5 days dressing will be done and sutures will be removed after 10-12 days.

TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic Speciality Hospital is located at Kilpauk, Chennai. It is being run by a highly experienced team of orthopedic surgeons. We offer a wide range of services and our hospital stands in the first row for

Friday, 1 July 2016

Do you suffer from back pain? Tried everything? Still in pain? Here is spine surgery to get off from back pain. TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic hospital offers the best spine surgery in Chennai.

Back pain is common among people of all age groups. Trauma, injuries to spine, aging etc are the reasons for back pain. Almost all back pain can be cured by physiotherapy, proper medication or by any other non-surgical procedures. When all these treatments fail, surgery is the preferred solution to get rid of back pain.

Common conditions affecting back

Slipped disc

Narrowing spinal canal

Irritation or inflammation on nerve

Fractures caused by injury

After effect of other infectious disease

Types of Spine surgeries

1.Discectomy

This surgical method is preferred if the following symptoms occur.

Leg pain

Weakness

Numbness

Failure of non-surgical treatment

This surgery is done to remove herniated disc material that is pressed on to the spinal cord.

After surgery the patient gets complete relief from pain.

2.Foramenotomy

This surgery which is done to expand the narrowed hole that spinal nerve pass through as they exit the spine.

This narrowing can cause the following neurological symptoms.

Tingling sensation

Deep and steady pain

Numbness

Muscle weakness

3. Laminectomy

This surgery is done to remove bone spurs. In addition to this, bones and damaged disc are also removed.

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Arthritis is one of the most common diseases which affects our joints. It entails a thinning of the articular cartilage, ligaments and changes in the joint capsule. In severe cases, it leads to deformation of the joint. It is often arthritis affects the hands (phalanges), foot, knee and elbow joints . Women are more likely than men suffer from arthritis. The disease manifests itself even in children. Every seventh inhabitant of the planet "familiar" with arthritis.

Causes of Arthritis

Infectious diseases. This is the most common cause. Perebolev SARS, the common cold, you are at risk. To it can be attributed to diabetics, people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis. As a rule, the causative agent of arthritis is Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus.

Injuries, surgery. Arthritis is often a consequence of the injuries of the joints, frequent injuries or surgical interventions into the joint.

Hereditary diseases of the joints. We can not say that arthritis is inherited, but do not deny the fact that the structure of the joint pathology often laid genetically. In any case, if the family who is ill with arthritis, you should devote more time to prevention.

As the factors that trigger the appearance of arthritis, can be called overweight, hypothermia, smoking, weakened immunity.

Symptoms and types of arthritis

arthritis - an inflammatory disease, its symptoms are any signs of inflammation in the joint such us

swelling, redness of the skin;

pain, especially after prolonged immobility;

increase in body temperature (acute arthritis);

stiffness in the movements (and sometimes with acute exacerbation of chronic arthritis).

How to cure arthritis

Modern medicine offers improved treatment to cure arthritis. For this you just need to meet an expert orthopedic specialist in your town. He’ll suggest you the right treatments according the condition of your affected joints.